A BIG "Thank you" to all my wonderful students

This is the first Teacher's Day Mr Ang has celebrated as a teacher. I am joyful to receive card and little gifts from my students. I always encourage my pupils to make cards for their teachers instead of buying them. The cards they made would be the only one in the world. It will be the most unique one too. Nonetheless, I thank every student for making this Teachers' Day Celebration so meaningful to all the teachers in Peixin. The best gift a child can give to his/her teacher is to be an obedient pupil, pay attention in class and study hard. This is the best gift a teacher would love to receive. :)

Interdisciplinary lessons - Art with English Language for 4-Respect and 6-Respect

For my Art lessons with 4-Respect and 6-Respect, I encouraged them to write an acrostic poem in their teachers' cards about their teachers. In this way, the pupils can write creatively and also express their gratitude to their teachers in a very meaningful way. :)

30 August - Dramatisation in English Lesson

During our English Language with 4-Respect, dramatisation technique was used. Pupils role-played the characters in the picture composition. 5 boys roleplayed the 5 children in the picture. Three other pupils roleplayed the two drivers and a motorist on the road. The children "helped" the driver whose car had broken down. Dramatisation is extremely effective as pupils could relate to the characters' feelings, actions, and thoughts more easily. Hence, they can comprehend the picture better. :)

Recycling - Making a Building

During our Art and Craft lesson on 24 August 2007, pupils had brought many recyclable items such as plastic bottles, paper boxes and cardboxes. Children should know the importance of recycling. Here is a pupil from 4-Respect with his excellent model of a tower made using recyclable materials. Great effort! :)

Our mini Garden in the Classroom

My pupils were holding pots of plants they had planted in the classroom. It is important for them to develop an interest in caring for living things. On the metal tray, there are various seeds (such as saga seeds, angsana seeds, rubber seeds), and underground stems (such as potato and ginger) for my pupils to observe and learn.

27 August 2007 - A VIsit to our School Eco-garden

We had a fun mini excursion to our School Ecograden. Over at this garden, we explored the life cycles of animals such as frogs, butterflies and fishes. We were also delighted to see a butterfly feeding on the nectar on the flowers. Over at the garden, my pupils could see what a sucker (young plant of a banana tree) is. They were glad to know that besides reproduction by seeds, some plants such as pineapples and bananas grow from suckers. :)

27 August - Demonstration of Paper Recycling by Mdm Lee

We had a demonstration of paper recycling in the Science Lab by Mdm Lee. 3-Caring and 3-Integrity pupils were surprised to know that used paper could actually be recycled and made into something useful. Some brillant suggestions given by the students were bookmark, Teachers' Day Card and post-cards. 3-Caring would be making their own recycled paper in September. :)